FINLAND VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,168	2	9,831	- 5,663
Road Traffic Accidents	2	1,164	33	215	+ 949
Stroke	3	1,074	3	4,115	- 3,041
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	609	21	436	+ 173
Hypertension	5	459	5	2,030	- 1,571
Diabetes Mellitus	6	434	22	418	+ 16
Breast Cancer	7	412	12	948	- 536
Kidney Disease	8	366	26	342	+ 24
Congenital Anomalies	9	362	35	192	+ 170
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	355	6	1,433	- 1,078
Liver Disease	11	344	10	1,068	- 724
Lung Cancers	12	289	4	2,312	- 2,023
Low Birth Weight	13	282	48	26	+ 256
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	250	1	11,120	- 10,870
Lymphomas	15	236	14	851	- 615
Liver Cancer	16	232	16	545	- 313
Leukemia	17	220	24	371	- 151
Suicide	18	219	15	846	- 627
Falls	19	184	7	1,325	- 1,142
Pancreas Cancer	20	159	9	1,247	- 1,088
Lung Disease	21	151	8	1,289	- 1,139
Other Injuries	22	148	20	437	- 288
Violence	23	134	43	64	+ 69
Oral Cancer	24	133	34	207	- 75
Stomach Cancer	25	129	19	447	- 318
Prostate Cancer	26	105	11	970	- 866
Bladder Cancer	27	93	28	308	- 215
Endocrine Disorders	28	78	31	257	- 179
Ovary Cancer	29	74	25	344	- 270
Drug Use	30	69	30	269	- 201
Inflammatory/Heart	31	65	17	518	- 453
Oesophagus Cancer	32	63	27	320	- 257
Cervical Cancer	33	57	44	62	- 5
Tuberculosis	34	55	46	32	+ 23
Uterin Cancer	35	55	32	225	- 170
Parkinson's Disease	36	51	13	853	- 801
Skin Cancers	37	51	29	297	- 246
Fires	38	50	45	62	- 12
Epilepsy	39	39	38	104	- 65
Asthma	40	38	40	85	- 46
Drownings	41	35	37	106	- 71
Poisonings	42	29	49	25	+ 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	25	36	151	- 127
Alcohol	44	21	18	464	- 444
Meningitis	45	16	55	9	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	15	50	19	- 4
Birth Trauma	47	13	56	8	+ 5
HIV/AIDS	48	12	59	6	+ 7
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	11	52	15	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	50	8	42	80	- 72
Other Neoplasms	51	8	23	377	- 369
Encephalitis	52	7	66	0	+ 7
Skin Disease	53	7	47	27	- 21
Maternal Conditions	54	6	64	2	+ 5
Appendicitis	55	3	54	10	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	2	41	83	- 81
War	57	1	65	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	58	1	63	2	- 0
Hepatitis C	59	1	60	5	- 4
Malnutrition	60	1	57	7	- 6
Measles	61	0	72	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	0	62	2	- 2
Pertussis	63	0	69	0	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	65	0	84	0	+ 0
Tetanus	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	67	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	17	- 17
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	39	93	- 93
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	58	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Kuwait

Finland

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.